Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher
Polioptila lacteaSharpe, RB, 1885
English (US) Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher
The Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lactea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Polioptilidae (Gnatwrens and Gnatcatchers) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: lowlands of southeastern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Polioptila lactea
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1885
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1885
- Type locality
- South America ; Rio de Janeiro suggested by Hellmayr, 1934, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 7, p. 494.
- Original description
- Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum 10 p.453
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Gnatwrens and Gnatcatchers
Trilling Gnatwren
Ramphocaenus melanurus
Guianan Gnatcatcher
Polioptila guianensis
Slate-throated Gnatcatcher
Polioptila schistaceigula
Iquitos Gnatcatcher
Polioptila clementsi
Para Gnatcatcher
Polioptila paraensis
Masked Gnatcatcher
Polioptila dumicola
Cuban Gnatcatcher
Polioptila lembeyei
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Polioptila plumbea
Maranon Gnatcatcher
Polioptila maior
Yucatan Gnatcatcher
Polioptila albiventris
White-browed Gnatcatcher
Polioptila bilineata
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
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